PATHFINDER On Foreign Affairs - 2023-08

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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As of December 18, 2023
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ABOUT THIS PATHFINDER

This pathfinder comprises a comprehensive list of recommended printed and online
resources relating to Foreign Affairs. These resources encompass a diverse array of
sources, including books, e-books, online articles, filed House and Senate bills and
resolutions, relevant laws and executive issuances, as well as online news articles, which
may be accessed at the House of Representatives Legislative Library, other institutional
libraries, and various internet websites.
Prepared & Compiled by the Legislative Information Service Development Group, LLMS, LIRSDB, LIRMD - House of Representatives
Foreign Affairs
Reference:
FSMC. (n. d.). Foreign affairs: responsibilities and procedures. fsmlaw.org.
https://fsmlaw.org/fsm/code/title10/T10_Ch05.htm
Merriam-Wesbter. (2023). Foreign affairs. merriam-webster.com. https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20affairs#:~:text=%3A%20matters%20having%
20to%20do%20with,home%20country%20in%20foreign%20countries
“Foreign Affairs”
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, foreign affairs are “matters having to do with

international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries.”
In the FSMC website, foreign affairs “refers to matters of policy of [a country] in its
relations with foreign governments, governmental regional and international
organizations, and quasi-governmental organizations.”
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BOOKS AND OTHER PRINT RESOURCES AT THE HREP LIBRARY:
Call Number: (HRep-KDC) HD 72 .C646 2008 no. 3
Main Entry -- Personal

Rodrik, Dani.
Name
Title: Normalizing industry policy
Publication: Washington, D. C.: World Bank; on behalf of the

Commission on Growth and Development, c 2008.
Physical Description: 36 pages : illustrations
Subjects: Industrial policy -- El Salvador

Industrial policy -- South Africa |
Industrial policy -- Uruguay
Location: HRep Legislative Library
Call Number: HRep-KDC) HD 72 .C646 2008 no. 07

Name Lehoucq, Fabrice.
Title: Political competition, policy making, and quality of public

policies in Costa Rica
Publication: Washington, D.C.: World Bank; on behalf of the Commission

on Growth and Development, c2008.
Physical Description: 33 pages : illustrations
Subjects: Costa Rica -- Economic policy
Call Number: (HRep-KDC) HD 72 .C646 2008 no. 52

Name Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus
Title: Chile's growth and develoment: leadership, policy-making

process, policies, and results
Publication: Washington, D.C.: World Bank; on behalf of the Commission

on Growth and Development, 2008.
Physical Description: 49 pages: illustrations
Subjects: Chile -- Economic policy

Economic development -- Chile
Call Number: (UN) K 3830 .I58 2007

Name
Title: Investor-state dispute settlement and impact on investment

rulemaking
Publication: New York ; Geneva: United Nations, Conference on Trade

and Development, 2007.
Physical Description: vii, 110 pages
Subjects: United Nations. Conference on Trade and Development

Investment, Foreign (International law)
Dispute resolution (Law)
Arbitration, International

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Call Number: HG 3891.5 .F766 2004

Name
Title: From adjustment lending to development policy lending:

update of World bank policy
Publication: Washington, D. C. : Operations Policy and Country Services,

World Bank, 2004.
Physical Description: 77 pages : illustrations.
Subjects: Securities lending -- Developing countries

Loans, Foreign -- Developing countries
Call Number: (F) HV 6433 .M5 .Z86 2003

Name Zunes, Stephen
Title: Tinderbox : U.S. foreign policy and the roots of terrorism
Publication: Manila : IBON Books, c2003.
Physical Description: iv, 264 pages ; 23 centimeters
Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects

Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
Call Number: (F) HC 460 .D43 .P534 2002 no. 3

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Name
Title: Investor-state disputes arising from investment treaties: a

review
Publication: New York: United Nations, 2005.

Physical Description: x, 96 pages
Subjects: Arbitration and award, International

Investments, Foreign (International law)
Call Number: (HRep-KDC) HC 412 .A843 2002 no. 10

Pernia, Ernesto M.
Name
Quising, Pilipinas F.
Title: Is economic openness good for regional development and

poverty reduction in the Philippines
Publication: [Mandaluyong City]: Asian Development Bank, 2002.
Physical Description: 7 pages
Subjects: Investments, Foreign – Philippines

Regional planning – Philippines
Rural development – Philippines
Free trade -- Government policy – Philippines
Philippines -- Commercial policy
Philippines -- Economic policy
Call Number: HG 5993 .F67 2000

Name
Title: Foreign direct investment, development and the new global

economic order: a policy brief for the South
Publication: Geneva: South Centre, c2000.
Physical Description: xi, 108 pages
Subjects: Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations

Investments, Foreign -- Developing countries

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Call Number: (F) DS 672.8 .S48 1997

Severino, Rodolfo C.
Name
Title: Philippine foreign policy statements of Rodolfo C. Severino,

Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
Publication: Manila: Foreign Service Institute, c1997.
Subjects: Philippines -- Foreign relations administration -- Speeches in

Congress
Philippines -- Foreign relations -- Speeches in Congress
Call Number: (F) HF 1600.5 .C6 .P54 1997

Name Philippines. Foreign Service Institute.
Title: Philippine policy perspectives on greater China
Publication: Pasay City: Foreign Service Institute, 1997.
Physical Description: vii, 189 pages
Subjects: Philippines -- Foreign economic relations – China

China -- Foreign economic relations
Philippines -- Foreign economic relations
Taiwan -- Economic conditions -- 1976-
China -- Politics and government -- 1976-
China -- Economic conditions -- 1976-
Call Number: (F) DS 672.8 .S54 1996

Siazon, Domingo L.
Name
Title: Philippine foreign policy overview
Publication: Pasay City: Foreign Service Institute, 1996.
Subjects: Philippines -- Foreign relations
Call Number: (F) HF1591 .S36 1996

Santos, Gonzalo T.
Name
Title: Policies toward export promotion
Publication: Manila: Book Store, 1996.
Physical Description: xi, 100 pages
Subjects: Commercial policy

Foreign trade promotion -- Asia, Southeastern
Exports
Call Number: (F) JX 1576 .Z7 .R97 .M46 1995

Mendoza, Amado M.
Name
Title: Philippine policy perspectives on Russia, Central Asia and

other Soviet successor states
Publication: Pasay City: Foreign Service Institute, Center for International

Relations and Strategic Studies, 1995.
Physical Description: xii, 45 pages
Subjects: Philippines -- Foreign relations – Europe

Philippines -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
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Russia -- Foreign relations

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations
Philippines -- Foreign relations -- Russia
Call Number: JX 1391 .F67 1992

Name
Title: Foreign policy in world politics
Publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1992.
Physical Description: : xii, 419 pages
Subjects: International relations
LAWS, CONVENTIONS, TREATISES, PROTOCOLS:
Australian Government. (2017). 2017 Foreign policy white paper.
https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/minisite/static/4ca0813c-585e-4fe1-
86eb-de665e65001a/fpwhitepaper/foreign-policy-white-paper/overview.html
Government of Belize. Ministry of Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade

and Commerce. (2019). https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/blz208030.pdf
Government of India. (1992). The foreign trade (development and regulation) act, 1992.
https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ind213443.pdf
Government of Norway. (2020). The Norwegian government’s arctic policy: people,

opportunities and Norwegian interests in the Arctic.
https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/nor203001.pdf
Government of Sri Lanka. (2019). National policy framework: vistas of properity an

splendour. https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/srl203372.pdf
[HM Government]. (2013). Review of the balance of competences between the United
Kingdom and the European Union: foreign policy.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c9117e5274a0bb7cb7e72/290
1086_Foreign_Policy_acc.pdf
Republic of Estonia Government. (2015). Estonia’s European Union policy: 2015-2019.

https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/est200000.pdf
Republic of Sierra Leone. Ministry of Trade and Industry. (2010). Sierra Leone trade policy.
https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/sie152220.pdf
Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (2022). Scheme for preventing illegasl, unreported, and
unregulated fishing until 2025. https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/vie212240.pdf
South Sudan. Ministry of East African Community Affairs. (2022). South Sudan’s national
policy and strategy on EAC implementation.
https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ssd221323E.pdf
Trinidad and Tobago. Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment. (2013). Trade policy and
strategy, Trinidad and Tobago: 2013-2017.
https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/tri183503.pdf
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E-BOOKS:
Adraoui, M-A. (ed.). (2018). The foreign policy of Islamist political parties: ideology in
practice. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018. Accessed on December 31,
2023 at https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63936
Bremberg, N., Danielson, A., Hedling, E. & Michalski, A. (2022). The everyday making of EU
foreign and security policy. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78314
Cao, H. & Poy, V. (2011). The China challenge: Sino-Canadian relations in the 21st century.
Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2011.
Clerc, L. (2023). Cultural diplomacy in cold war Findland: identity, geopolitics and the
welfare state. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Crane, K. & Larrabee, F. S. (2007). Encouraging trade and foreign direct investment in
Ukraine. Santa Monica, C. A. : RAND Corporation, 2007.
Ferrari, A. & Ambrosetti, E. T. (eds.) (2021). Russia’s foreign policy: the internal-
international link. Italy: Ledizioni Ledi Publishing, 2021.
Hayes, P. & Yi, K. (2015). Complexity, security and civil society in East Asia: foreign policies
and the Korean peninsula. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2015.
Heupel, M., Heaphy, C. & Heaphy, J. (2022). US counterterrorism and the human rights of
foreigners abroad: putting the gloves back on? London ; New York: Routledge,
2022. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78395
Kamel, A. M. (2023). Floundering stability: US foreign policy in Egypt. [Michigan]: University

of Michigan Press, 2023.
Kettle, L. (2018). Leaning from the history of British interventions in the Middle East.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
Kiatpongsan, C. (2011). The EU-Thailand relations: tracing the patterns of new

bilateralism. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011.
Mitra, S. K., Schottli, J. & Pauli, M. (2023). Statecraft and foreign policy: India, 1947-2023.
Dublin: DCU Press, 2023.
Ohno, I., Jin, K., Amatsu, K. & Mori, J. (eds.). (2024). Introducing foreign models for
development: Japanese experience and cooperation in the age of new technology.
Singapore: Springer, 2024.
Oktay, S. (2022). Governing abroad: coalition politics and foreign policy in Europe. Ann
Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Singh, R. (2012). Barack Obama’s post-American foreign policy. (2012). United Kingdom:
Bloomsberry Academic, 2012.
Tonra, B. & Christiansen, T. (eds.). (2004). Rethinking European Union foreign policy.
United Kingdom: Manshester University Press, 2004.
Vali, F. A. (2019). Bridge across the Bosporus: the foreign policy of Turkey. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
White, G. (2022). Working for Canada: a pilgrimage in foreign affairs from the new world
order to the rise of populism. Canada: University of Calgary Press, 2022.
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ONLINE ARTICLES:
Adesina, O. S. & Summers, J. (2017). Foreign policy in an era of digital diplomacy. Cogent
Social Sciences, 3(1). pp. 1-13.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2017.1297175
Aggestam, K., Rosamond, A. B. & Kronsell, A. (2019). Theorising feminist foreign policy.
International Relations, 33(1). pp. 23-39.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0047117818811892
Aggestam, L. & Hyde-Price, A. (2020). Learning to lead?: Germany and the leadership
paradox in EU foreign policy. German Politics, 29(1). pp. 8-24.
Al-Etaibi, A. (2022). Transnational identity and foreign policy: tribal identity and the Gulf
crisis. Journal of Arabian Studies, 12(1). pp. 84-102.
Altinörs, M. N. (2020). Bilateral and international relations of Turkey and Iran during 1945-
1990. Journal of International Relations and Foreign Policy, 8(2). pp. 7-12.
http://jirfp.com/vol-8-no-2-december-2020-abstract-1-jirfp
Bajpai, K. & Chong, B. (2019). India’s foreign policy capacity. Policy Design and Practice,
2(2). pp. 137-162.
Bauman, C. M. (2016). Faith and foreign policy in India: legal ambiguity, selective
xenophobia, and anti-minority violence. The Review of Faith & International
Affairs, 14(2). pp. 31-39.
Bazoobandi, S., Heibach, J. & Richter, T. (2023). Iran’s foreign policy making: consensus
building or power struggle? British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. pp. 1-24.
Blarel, N. & Paliwal, A. (2019). Opening the black box: the making of India’s foreign
policy. India Review, 18(5). pp. 457-470.
Boon, H. T., Li, M. & Char, J. (2017). New trends in Chinese foreign policy. Asian Security,
13(2). pp. 81-83.
Brommesson, D. (2018). ‘Nordicness’ in Swedish foreign policy: from mid power

internationalism to small state balancing? Global Affairs, 4(4-5). pp. 391-404.
Carbone, M. (2008). Introduction: Italy’s foreign policy and the Mediterranean. Modern
Italy, 13(2). pp. 111-113.
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Chelotti, N. (2013). Analysing the links between national capitals and Brussels in EU
foreign policy. West European Politics, 36(5). pp. 1052-1072.
Dogan-Akkas, B. (2021). A securitization approach to Qatar’s foreign policy making.

Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, 15(4). Pp. 536-553. Accessed
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Dyduch, J. & Muller, P. (2021). Populism meets EU foreign policy: the de-Europeanization
of Poland’s foreign policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Journal of
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Eberle, J. & Miskimmon, A. (2021). International theory and German foreign policy:
introduction to a special issue. German Politics, 30(1). pp. 1-13. Accessed on
November 9, 2023 at
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Ekman, P. (2023). Painful moments and realignment: explaining Ukraine’s foreign policy,
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Ettinger, A. (2021). Rumors of restoration: Joe Biden’s foreign policy and what it means
for Canada. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 27(2). pp. 157-174. Accessed on
November 9, 2023 at
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Faith & International Affairs, 9(2). pp. 65-73. Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
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change in the Russian foreign policy discourse. Europe-Asia Studies, 73(7). pp.
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Freire, F. (2019). Weapons of the weak, and of the strong: Mauritanian foreign policy and
the international dimensions of social activism. The Journal of North African
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framings of German policy changes during the EU refugee ‘crisis’. International
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Gansen, S. & James, P. (2021). A graphic turn for Canadian foreign policy: insights from
systemism. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 27(3). pp. 271-291. Accessed on
November 9, 2023 at
Gansen, S. & James, P. (2021). Reflections on systemism, Canadian foreign policy and
international relations. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 27(3). pp. 465-471.
Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
Giurlando, P. (2021). Populistm foreign policy: the case of Italy. Canadian Foreign Policy
Journal, 27(2). pp. 251-267. Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
Grigoriadis, I. N. & Tsourapas, G. (2022). Understanding Greece’s new foreign policy

towards the Arab world: instrumenttalisation, balancing, and emerging
opportunities. Mediterranean Politics. pp. 1-24. Accessed on November 9, 2023
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Guerrina, R., Haastrup, T. & Wright, K. A. M. (2023). Contesting feminist power Europe: is
feminist foreign policy possible for the EU? European Security, 32(3). pp. 485-507.
Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
Harnisch, S. (2001). Change and continuity in post-unification German foreign policy.

German Politics, 10(1). pp. 35-60. Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09644000412331307384
Heibach, J. & Taş, H. (2023). Beyond the soft-hard power binary: resource control in
Turkey’s foreign policy towards sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Balkan and Near
Eastern Studies. pp. 1-16. Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
Henders, S. J. (2021). People acting across borders and Canadian foreign policy: a
systemist analysis. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 27(3). pp. 318-346. Accessed
Hill, M. & Hurst, S. (2020). The Trump presidency: continuity and change in US foreign
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Joyner, C. C. (2011). United States foreign policy interests in the Antarctic. The Polar
Journal, 1(1). pp. 17-35. Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
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Juncos, A. E. (2017). Resilience as the new EU foreign policy paradigm: a pragmatist turn?
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Kameli, M. R. (2022). Treaties unchained: restoring checkers and balances to executive

agreement-making in the U. N. security council. UCLA Journal of International
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https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9mv9g0zz
Karkour, H. L. (2021). Illiberal and irrational? Trump and the challenge of liberal
modernity in US foreign policy. International Relations, 35(4). pp. 533-550.
Accessed on September 26, 2023 at
Kubicek, P. (2022). Contrasting theoretical approaches to Turkish foreign policy. Turkish

Studies, 23(5). pp. 645-658. Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
Kutlay, M. & Öniş, Z. (2021). Understanding oscillations in Turkish foreign policy:

pathways to unusual middle power activism. Third World Quarterly, 42(12). pp.
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Lane, A. (2021). N=1: initial impressions of systemism in Canadian foreign policy.

Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 27(3). pp. 435-442. Accessed on November 9,
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Lecocq, S. (2020). EU foreign policy and hybrid actors in the Middle East: ready for
geopolitical contestation? Global Affairs, 6(4-5). pp. 363-380. Accessed on
November 9, 2023 at
Lesch, M. (2021). Mutiplicity, hybridity and normativity: disputes about the UN

convention against corruption in Germany. International Relations, 35(4). pp.
613-633. Accessed on September 26, 2023 at
Lesch, M. (2021). Mutiplicity, hybridity and normativity: disputes about the UN

convention against corruption in Germany. International Relations, 35(4). pp.
Light, M. (2003). In search of an identity: Russian foreign policy and the end of ideology.
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Mokry, S. (2023). China’s foreign policy rhetoric between orchestration and cacophony.
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Müller, P., Pomorska, K. & Tonra, B. (2021). The domestic challenge to EU foreign policy-
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Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 26(2). pp. 49-78. Accessed on
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understanding Russian’s invasion of Ukraine. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal,
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November 9, 2023 at
Nylund, M.-L., Håkansson, S. & Bjarnegård, E. (2023). The transformative potential of

feminist foreign policy: the case of Sweden. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy,
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policy: examining the transnational foreign policy space. Journal of European
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agenda-setter state to agenda-entrepreneur state. Israel Affairs, 20(3). pp. 328-
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Parepa, L.-A. (2020). The Belt and Road initiative as continuity in Chinese foreign policy.
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November 9, 2023 at
Peake, J. (2022). Interdependence at the International Criminal Court: reconceptualizing

our understanding of the court and its failures. UCLA Journal of International Law
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https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0m50k8rd
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Ranjan, A. (2022). India’s foreign policy: shift, adjustment and continuity. The Round
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Regilme, S. S. F., Jr. (2018). A human rights tragedy: strategic localization of US foreign
policy in Colombia. International Relations, 32(3). pp. 343-365. Accessed on
September 26, 2023 at
Reynolds, H. (2023). Racialised foreign policy and the prospects for indigenous
diplomacy. Australian Journal of International Affairs. pp. 1-5. Accessed on
November 9, 2023 at
Schwarzkopf, A. (2021). The EU as a global negotiator? The advancement of the EU’s role
in multilateral negotiations at the UN General Assembly. International Relations,
35(4). pp. 574-592. Accessed on September 26, 2023 at
Sherlock, T. (2020). Russian Society and foreign policy: mass and elite orientations after
Crimea. Problems of Post-Communism, 67(1). pp. 1-23. Accessed on November 9,
Sidiropoulos, E. (2008). South African foreign policy in the post-Mbeki period. South
African Journal of International Affairs, 15(2). pp. 107-120. Accessed on
November 9, 2023 at
Smith, J., Herten-Crabb, A. & Wenham, C. (2022). COVID-19 & feminist foreign policy:
Canada’s comparative advantage. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 28(2). pp. 166-
Sospiro, P. (2020). What may influence European citizen’s willingness to provide foreign
aid. Journal of International Relations and Foreign Policy, 8(2). pp. 21-40.
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abstract-3-jirfp
Spinelli, A. (2015). The outlook for Italian foreign policy. The International Spectator,
Sundström, M. R., Zhukova, E. & Elgström, O. (2021). Spreading a norm-based policy?:

Sweden’s feminist foreign policy in international media. Contemporary Politics,
Taş, H. (2022). Continuity through change: populism and foreign policy in Turkey. Third
World Quarterly, 43(12). pp. 2869-2887. Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
Taş, H. (2022). The formulation and implementation of populist foreign policy Turkey in
the Eastern Mediterranean. Mediterranean Politics, 27(5). pp. 563-587. Accessed
Terzi, O., Palm, T. & Gürkan, S. (2021). Introduction: emotion(al) norms in EUropean
foreign policy. Global Affairs, 7(2). pp. 93-102. Accessed on November 9, 2023 at
Thevenin, E., Liedlbauer, L. & Petri, F. (2020). Conclusions on contestation of EU foreign

policy: diverse causes, various modes and multiple effects? Global Affairs, 6(4-5).
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HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS:
For search for more House Bills and Resolutions, please access LEGIS at
https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/?v=bills
19th Congress (49)

HB02772
[History] [Text As Filed]
Significance: Local
Date Filed: 2022-07-29
Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PASSPORT ISSUING OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN KABANKALAN CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
Principal Author/s: 1. ALVAREZ, MERCEDES K.
Date Read: 2022-08-08
Primary Referral: FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Substituted by HR00915
Mother Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00086 on 2023-05-30
HB03440
Significance: National
Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REGULAR DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
OFFICE (DFA) CONSULAR OFFICE IN BOHOL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
Principal Author/s: 1. AUMENTADO, MARIA VANESSA C.
Date Read: 2022-08-15
HB03714
Significance: Local
CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Principal Author/s: 1. UMALI, ALFONSO JR. V.
Date Read: 2022-08-22
HB03899
OFFICE (DFA) CONSULAR OFFICE IN AKLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Principal Author/s: 1. MARQUEZ, CARLITO S.
Date Read: 2022-08-30
HB04826
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Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ADJUSTING THE MONTHLY PENSION AND DISABILITY BENEFITS OF
RETIREES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Principal Author/s: 1. RODRIGUEZ, RUFUS B.
Date Read: 2022-09-19
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS since 2022-09-19
HB04916
Principal Author/s: 1. ROMERO, MICHAEL L. Ph.D.
Date Read: 2022-09-20
HB04925
Principal Author/s: 1. ROMERO, MICHAEL L. Ph.D.
Date Read: 2022-09-21
HB04960
Principal Author/s: 1. ROMULO, ROMAN T.
Date Read: 2022-09-21
HB05033
Principal Author/s: 1. HARESCO, TEODORICO JR.
Date Read: 2022-09-23
HB05047
Principal Author/s: 1. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2022-09-23
HB05054
Principal Author/s: 1. BARONDA, JULIENNE "Jam"
Date Read: 2022-09-23
HB05210
Principal Author/s: 1. VIOLAGO, JOSEPH GILBERT F.
Date Read: 2022-09-28
HB05284
Principal Author/s: 1. LABADLABAD, GLONA G.
Date Read: 2022-11-07
HB05320
Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ADJUSTING THE MONTHLY PENSION AND DISABILITY BENEFITS 0F
RETIREES 0F THE DEPARTRENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Principal Author/s: 1. ROMUALDEZ, FERDINAND MARTIN G. 2. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2022-11-07
HB05502
Principal Author/s: 1. ABANTE, BIENVENIDO M.
Date Read: 2022-11-07
HB05548
Principal Author/s: 1. CHAN, MA. CYNTHIA K.
Date Read: 2022-11-07
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HB05679
Principal Author/s: 1. CHATTO, EDGAR M.
Date Read: 2022-11-08
HB05930
Principal Author/s: 1. ANG, JAMES "Jojo" Jr. A.
Date Read: 2022-11-14
HB05947
Principal Author/s: 1. ALBANO, ANTONIO "Tonypet" T.
Date Read: 2022-11-14
HB06000
Significance: Local
Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CONSULAR OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN ORMOC CITY, PROVINCE OF LEYTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
Principal Author/s: 1. GOMEZ, RICHARD I.
Date Read: 2022-11-14
HB06108
Principal Author/s: 1. BENITEZ, FRANCISCO "Kiko" B.
Date Read: 2022-11-16
HB06494
Significance: Local
Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REGULAR DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA)
CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF IPIL, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Principal Author/s: 1. PALMA, WILTER Y.
Date Read: 2022-12-06
HB06554
Significance: Local
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LILOY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Principal Author/s: 1. AMATONG, ADRIAN MICHAEL A.
Date Read: 2022-12-12
HB07122
Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REGULAR DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA)
CONSULAR OFFICE IN WEST AKLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Principal Author/s: 1. HARESCO, TEODORICO JR.
Date Read: 2023-02-13
HB07623
Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT IMPROVING THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREGIN AFFAIRS
Principal Author/s: 1. GOLEZ, ANTHONY ROLANDO JR. T.
Date Read: 2023-03-20
HB07824
Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING THE CENTER FOR WEST PHILIPPINE SEA STUDIES
ATTACHED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2023-05-08
Primary Referral: WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WEST PHILIPPINE SEA since 2023-05-08
HB09498
Significance: Local
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OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) IN ROXAS CITY, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
Principal Author/s: 1. GUINTU, IVAN HOWARD A.
HR00294
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT
AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ADDITIONAL COSTS PASSED ON TO OVERSEAS
FILIPINOS FOR THE RENEWAL OF PHILIPPINE PASSPORTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REDUCING
THE FINANCIAL BURDEN AND PROMOTING THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF FILIPINOS
OVERSEAS
Principal Author/s: 1. RECTO, RALPH G.
Date Read: 2022-08-30
Primary Referral: OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2022-09-06
HR00332
Full Title, As Filed: A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO
UNDERTAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO REQUEST THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA INCLUDE THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S GUAM-CNMI WAIVER PROGRAM
Date Read: 2022-09-05
HR00524
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS WORKERS’ AFFAIRS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE
IMPOSITION OF NEW EXORBITANT SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CONSULAR SERVICES OF PHILIPPINE
EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES IN THE EUROZONE
Principal Author/s: 1. BROSAS, ARLENE D. 2. CASTRO, FRANCE L. 3. MANUEL, RAOUL DANNIEL A.
Date Read: 2022-11-09
HR00691
[History] [Text As Filed] [Adopted Resolution/RBH] [Committee Report]
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH
A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF ZAMBALES
Principal Author/s: 1. MANIQUIZ, DORIS E.
Date Read: 2023-01-24
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-17
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00077 on 2023-05-17
HR00779
ESTABLISH A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON
Principal Author/s: 1. ALBA, JOSE MANUEL F. 2. FLORES, JONATHAN KEITH T. 3. ZUBIRI, JOSE
MA. Jr. R. 4. ROQUE, LAARNI LAVIN
Date Read: 2023-02-20
HR00781
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE POINTING OF MILITARY-GRADE
LASER BY A CHINESE COAST GUARD VESSEL AT PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD (PCG) CREW ABOARD
BRP MALAPASCUA NEAR AYUNGIN SHOAL, AND URGING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON SUCH INCIDENT
Date Read: 2023-02-20
HR00826
ESTABLISH A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO
Principal Author/s: 1. TARRIELA, LEODY F.
Date Read: 2023-03-08
HR00831
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, THROUGH THE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
TO RETRIEVE FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA 1593, AS AN
IMPORTANT PHILIPPINE HISTORICAL ARTIFACT THAT BELONGS TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE
Principal Author/s: 1. MERCADO-REVILLA, LANI 2. REVILLA, BRYAN B. 3. REVILLA, RAMON JOLO
III B.
Date Read: 2023-03-08
HR00911
[History] [Committee Report]
A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF IPIL, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY
Principal Author/s: 1. PALMA, WILTER Y. 2. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2023-05-08
Primary Referral: RULES
HR00912
A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF UBAY, PROVINCE OF BOHOL
Principal Author/s: 1. AUMENTADO, MARIA VANESSA C. 2. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2023-05-08
HR00913
[History] [Adopted Resolution/RBH] [Committee Report]
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A CONSULAR OFFICE IN ORMOC CITY, PROVINCE OF LEYTE
Principal Author/s: 1. GOMEZ, RICHARD I. 2. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2023-05-08
HR00914
A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KALIBO, PROVINCE OF AKLAN
Principal Author/s: 1. MARQUEZ, CARLITO S. 2. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2023-05-08
HR00915
A CONSULAR OFFICE IN KABANKALAN CITY, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
Principal Author/s: 1. ALVAREZ, MERCEDES K. 2. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2023-05-08
HR00919
[History] [Adopted Resolution/RBH] [Committee Report]
A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO
Principal Author/s: 1. UMALI, ALFONSO JR. V. 2. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2023-05-08
HR00920
A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LILOY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
Principal Author/s: 1. AMATONG, ADRIAN MICHAEL A. 2. ARENAS, MARIA RACHEL J.
Date Read: 2023-05-08
HR00928
[History] [Text As Filed] [Adopted Resolution/RBH]
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF THE HONORABLE ALBERT FERREROS DEL ROSARIO,
FORMER SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
STATES
Principal Author/s: 1. ROMUALDEZ, FERDINAND MARTIN G. 2. DALIPE, MANUEL JOSE "Mannix" M.
3. LIBANAN, MARCELINO C. 4. MARCOS, FERDINAND ALEXANDER A. 5. ROMUALDEZ, YEDDA
MARIE K. 6. ACIDRE, JUDE A.
Date Read: 2023-05-08
Bill Status: Reconsidered measure approved on 2023-05-10
HR00960
Full Title, As Filed: A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF THE HONORABLE FORMER SECRETARY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS AND FORMER AMBASSADOR ALBERT FERREROS DEL ROSARIO,
Date Read: 2023-05-15
Bill Status: Consolidated into HR00928
Mother Bill Status: Reconsidered measure approved on 2023-05-10
HR01053
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEES ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE CASES OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING OF FILIPINO WOMEN TO SYRIA AND THE ABUSE THEY SUFFERED IN THE HANDS OF
THEIR EMPLOYERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY, AND TO RECOMMEND
MEASURES FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF IMMEDIATE JUSTICE AND COMPREHENSIVE ASSISTANCE
FOR THE SURVIVORS
Date Read: 2023-05-30
HR01116
ESTABLISH A CONSULAR OFFICE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(USA)
Principal Author/s: 1. GARDIOLA, EDWIN L.
Date Read: 2023-07-25
HR01117
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THROUGH ITS
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE COVERT
FLIGHTS OF UNITED STATES MILITARY PLANES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND SECURITY
Principal Author/s: 1. CASTRO, FRANCE L. 2. BROSAS, ARLENE D. 3. MANUEL, RAOUL DANNIEL A.
Date Read: 2023-07-25
HR01216
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THROUGH THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION THE VERACITY OF
THE ALLEGED PROMISE TO REMOVE BRP SIERRA MADRE FROM AYUNGIN SHOAL AS CLAIMED BY
CHINA
Principal Author/s: 1. CASTRO, FRANCE L. 2. BROSAS, ARLENE D. 3. MANUEL, RAOUL DANNIEL A.
Date Read: 2023-08-29
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HR01527
Significance: Local
Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT
AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CHINESE COAST GUARD’S BLASTING OF
WATER CANNONS AGAINST PHILIPPINE VESSELS NEAR BAJO DE MASINLOC AND AYUNGIN SHOAL
ON DECEMBER 9 AND 10, 2023, AND URGE THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREGIN AFFAIRS TO PURSUE
DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS IN LIGHT OF THE LATEST AGGRESSION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2023-12-13
SENATE BILLS:
SBN-1706: Foreign Affairs Retirement and Disability Benefits Act of 2023
Title: An Act Adjusting the Monthly Pension and Disability Benefits of Retirees of the Department of
Foreign Affairs
Filed on: January 19, 2023 by Go, Christopher Lawrence T.
SBN-1529: Foreign Affairs Retirement and Disability Act

Foreign Affairs, and Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Public Purpose
Filed on: November 23, 2022 by Villar, Mark A.
SBN-1510: Foreign Affairs Retirement and Disability Benefits Act

Foreign Affairs
Filed on: November 15, 2022 by Hontiveros, Risa
SBN-1404: Foreign Affairs Retirement and Disability Benefits Act

Foreign Affairs, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Filed on: October 20, 2022 by Revilla Jr., Ramon Bong
SBN-1293: Foreign Service Retirement Act

Foreign Affairs, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Filed on: September 7, 2022 by Estrada, Jinggoy E.
SBN-829: Foreign Affairs Retirement and Disability Benefits Act of 2022

Foreign Affairs
Filed on: July 25, 2022 by Legarda, Loren B.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, foreign affairs are “matters having to do with

BOOKS AND OTHER PRINT RESOURCES AT THE HREP LIBRARY:

Call Number: (HRep-KDC) HD 72 .C646 2008 no. 3

Main Entry -- Personal

Title: Normalizing industry policy

Publication: Washington, D. C.: World Bank; on behalf of the

Physical Description: 36 pages : illustrations

Subjects: Industrial policy -- El Salvador

Location: HRep Legislative Library

Call Number: HRep-KDC) HD 72 .C646 2008 no. 07

Main Entry -- Personal

Title: Political competition, policy making, and quality of public

Publication: Washington, D.C.: World Bank; on behalf of the Commission

Physical Description: 33 pages : illustrations

Subjects: Costa Rica -- Economic policy

Location: HRep Legislative Library

Main Entry -- Personal

Title: Chile's growth and develoment: leadership, policy-making

Publication: Washington, D.C.: World Bank; on behalf of the Commission

Physical Description: 49 pages: illustrations

Subjects: Chile -- Economic policy

Location: HRep Legislative Library

Call Number: (UN) K 3830 .I58 2007

Main Entry -- Personal

Title: Investor-state dispute settlement and impact on investment

Publication: New York ; Geneva: United Nations, Conference on Trade

Physical Description: vii, 110 pages

Subjects: United Nations. Conference on Trade and Development

Location: HRep Legislative Library

Call Number: HG 3891.5 .F766 2004

Main Entry -- Personal

Title: From adjustment lending to development policy lending:

Publication: Washington, D. C. : Operations Policy and Country Services,

Physical Description: 77 pages : illustrations.

Subjects: Securities lending -- Developing countries

Location: HRep Legislative Library

Call Number: (F) HV 6433 .M5 .Z86 2003

Main Entry -- Personal

Title: Tinderbox : U.S. foreign policy and the roots of terrorism

Publication: Manila : IBON Books, c2003.

Physical Description: iv, 264 pages ; 23 centimeters

Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects

Location: HRep Legislative Library

Call Number: (F) HC 460 .D43 .P534 2002 no. 3

Main Entry -- Personal

Title: Investor-state disputes arising from investment treaties: a

Publication: New York: United Nations, 2005.

Subjects: Arbitration and award, International

Location: HRep Legislative Library

Call Number: (HRep-KDC) HC 412 .A843 2002 no. 10

Main Entry -- Personal

Title: Is economic openness good for regional development and

Publication: [Mandaluyong City]: Asian Development Bank, 2002.

Physical Description: 7 pages

Subjects: Investments, Foreign – Philippines

Location: HRep Legislative Library